Cole v. State

HARPER, Judge.

Appellant was prosecuted and convicted of murder, and his punishment assessed at seventeen years confinement in the penitentiary.

Appellant shows that when the case was called for trial the district attorney aslred leave of the court to talk with the witnesses, which was by the court granted. When the district attorney started to -do so, appellant insisted that the witnesses be sworn and placed under the rule, and they instructed not to talk to each other in regard to the case, and not to talk to anyone in regard to the case other than the attorneys engaged in the trial of the…